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by Ahmed Charai  •  Gatestone Institute  •  January 5, 2026

One cannot fight terrorism while empowering regressive Islamist movements that capture governing institutions. One cannot defend the Abraham Accords rhetorically while eroding their foundations in practice. The Abraham Accords can still shape the Middle East’s future, but only if those who benefited from their promise accept the cost of clarity. History will not record intentions. It will record strategic choices. Pictured from left to right: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington, DC on September 15, 2020. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC, Public Domain, Wikipedia

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa

United Nations General Assembly. Photo by Mojnsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Would you believe a 13-year-old boy 66 years ago discovered the deep corruption in this institution?

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Peloni:  From anti Israel protests which took place one day after October 7 to anti-National Guard protests to anti-ICE protests to pro Venezuela protests, they all lead back to one organization.

The U.S. government needs to realize that nations with a documented history of hostility toward Israel cannot credibly serve as neutral peacekeepers.

Moshe Phillips | Jan 12, 2025

Bangladesh flag. Photo by Frameofashik – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Bangladeshi officials issued statements on Jan. 10 saying that their military should be deployed as part of the planned “International Stabilization Force” in the Gaza Strip. They also claimed that their national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, also an economist and a former U.N. official, met with members of the Trump administration in Washington and discussed the idea. News reports indicated that the U.S. State Department had no immediate comment on the Bangladeshi claims.

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Peloni:  And of course, this is not just true in Canada… Moral courage has not been weaponized against the Jewish state, used to threaten the lives and livelihoods of Diaspora Jew, while distorting the truth to dehumanize the Israeli state. All of this, and so much more which could fill an encyclopedia, are the actions of antisemites as the Old Hatred is being normalized and popularized with the help of useful idiots and the careful support of moral corruption and cowardice which resides too comfortably in political leaders around the world.

As Iran’s regime reportedly kills thousands of its own citizens, the silence from Canada’s self-styled human rights movement reveals a double standard rooted in antisemitism.

By: Ron East | TheJ.ca | Jan 12, 2025

Winnipeg — At least 2,000 protesters are believed to have been killed in Iran over just 48 hours as the Islamic Republic unleashed one of the bloodiest crackdowns in its modern history.

And in Canada, the silence has been deafening.

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Peloni:  Is antisemitism too popular to actually describe antisemites as being antisemitic, even as POTUS is announcing that there is no room for them in his movement?  As Trump initially demonstrated the moral courage needed to whisk away any support from antisemites, he refrained from addressing the antisemitism which is infiltrating its poisonous effect among his base, making his statement rejecting antisemitism no different than those shallow remarks made by Heritage Pres. Roberts or that of VP Vance.  So the masquerade of antisemites within the MAGA talking heads will continue to erode support for the most philosemitic movement in US history.  As the lack of moral clarity from the top down has already consumed the Democratic party entirely, this is an increasingly worrying sign.

President refuses to say who would be a good candidate to replace him, says Vance and Rubio ‘both doing a great job’

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 12, 2026

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Hollywood, Fla. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Public Domain, Wikipedia

U.S. President Donald Trump said that neither his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement nor the Republican Party needs people with antisemitic views.

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Jihadi Islam is the fundamental evil driving violence and oppression in the Middle East and beyond. The Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel are the answer. 

Avi Abelow |  Jan 12, 2025

History is unfolding in Iran right now. We are witnessing a popular uprising unlike anything seen in decades, Iranians rising up against 46 years of brutal repression under the Islamic regime. For the first time, the United States is openly signaling that it may intervene if the regime shoots and massacres its own people. That alone tells you how serious this moment is.

But what many still fail to grasp is that this uprising is exposing some of the biggest lies ever sold about the Middle East.

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Peloni:  The greatest betrayal of the Iranian people would be to see them rescued from the Mullahs, only to be handed over to the MEK.  Doing so could hardly save the Iranians, and it wouldn’t safeguard the West either.

Laura Loomer | Loomered.com | January 10, 2026

Agents from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which leads the group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have been appearing on pro-Trump news stations and podcasts recently to promote their vision for Iran’s future to the American people, amidst widespread anti-regime protests in Iran.

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There are few heroes and many villains. A New America? Yes. Minneapolis and Portland are dystopian leftwing hellholes! Otherwise, Observations on the Passing Scene: especially TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE!

Andrew Benjamin | Jan 11, 2026

THE SUPERHERO – ALLAH APPROVES!

Bondi Beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed honored at $1000 a seat NYC Chabad gala, calls selfless act disarming shooter his ‘duty as a human being’

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Peloni:  This is a must read article.  Saudi Arabia is renewing its engagement on Gaza by proposing that it be allowed to supervise reforms within the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a step toward future governance of the Strip.  Offering its support to ensure anti-corruption measures, administrative restructuring, de-radicalization, while also ending terrorist stipends, required benchmarks demanded by Israel, the US, and Gulf states, the Saudis are calling for the release of withheld tax revenues and offer to include Saudi financial incentives. While the Saudis argue that this is intended to end the Gaza war and advance the Trump plan and Abraham Accords, Israel remains opposed to premature PA entry into Gaza, while the UAE doubts reform credibility.  Hence, once again, we stand at the brink of offering terrorists cash to behave rather than finding some alternative to the American equity of the terrorist PA, which has a history of absorbing cash like a financial black hole while ignoring the demands which are associated with payments.  Radicals have no end of appetite for cash, no limit of pretense in role-playing hudnas and no possibility of being deradicalized following a life built upon the structural application of radicalization.  While the PA celebrated October 7 longer than did their cousins in Gaza, we are to trust that they will not only be reformed, but that they will be reformed while being granted access to authority in Gaza for which they should NEVER have any access ever.  This is pure madness…and we can expect that Washington is going to put the full weight of its inscrutable support behind it.

After months of signaling disengagement, Riyadh has presented Washington with a plan to oversee comprehensive reforms within the Palestinian Authority – a move designed to pave the way for Ramallah’s return to power in Gaza.

by  Danny Zaken | Israel Hayom | Published on  01-08-2026.

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/08/saudi-arabia-proposes-pa-reforms-gaza-governance-rubio-meeting/

Peloni: An important essay relating the current events in the Middle East to interactions with and by relative Iranian expats in CA.  A very insightful essay.

By Ari Bussel

I was asked whether “perhaps this time the Iranians will succeed in emerging from the dictatorship?”
To reinforce this, it was said: “In fact, what Trump said regarding the Iranian people sounded like giving them backing.”

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Peloni:  Is this how the Trump administration foresees peace in our age might be achieved?  The insanity of treating terrorists as having any interest in peace is the lie which betrayed and underpinned the folly of Oslo.  Do we need to walk this path again, or is it possible to grasp that peace can have no partnership with terror, not alliance with belligerents, and no future which so closely mimics past mistakes.

by Uzay Bulut  •  Gatestone Institute •  January 11, 2026

Turkey makes no secret of its support for the Hamas terror organization. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime, through its continuous support for Hamas, has not brought a lasting peace; it has brought lasting terrorism. Erdogan’s own words reveal his intentions. Pictured: Erdogan (right) honors then Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul, Turkey on April 20, 2024. (Screengrab via Youtube)

• “Israel is left worse off than when Hamas managed Gaza, given the sheer power of Turkey (which is increasing)…. The deployment of Turkish forces in Gaza and the sale of F-35s to Erdogan are not policy ideas but a method: regional management through personal deals and assurances rather than hard reality. Trump himself illustrated this approach when he dismissed the issue as if it were a neighborhood misunderstanding: Israel ‘will be fine’ and Turkey ‘won’t use them against you’. This is not policy; it is a dangerous assumption. In the Middle East, it does not work. — Christine Douglass-Williams, Frontpage Magazine, January 7, 2026.

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Peloni:  An excellent summary of the threat posed by the Brotherhood and more importantly, why it is necessary to ban it in all its iterations at once. For those able to attend The Genesis 123 Foundation’s webinar “Banning the Moslem Brotherhood & the Future of the Middle East” with noted experts Yisrael Ne’eman and Mudar Zahran, it will he held on Thursday, January 15 at 8:00PM Israel time, 1:00PM Eastern US. Advance registration is both required and free.

Jonathan Feldstein

Banning the Muslim Brotherhood is vital to the survival of Western civilization and the defeat of Jihad.  Image created via AI

In November 2025, the White House issued an executive order appearing to be part of a broader trend with global impact banning elements of the Moslem Brotherhood, and designating certain Moslem Brotherhood entities as foreign terrorist organizations. This is a good start, but to have the necessary impact, it must be widened and expanded.

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